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Cline and Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53—the director of the Harvard University Library—responded to Mori’s letter with a three-page letter on July 3, in which they wrote that the library was “trying to preserve and enhance the function of the room in a way that acknowledges and respects Aalto’s contribution...
...gray hair have seen at least half a dozen presidents and recognize that Harvard is far bigger than any one individual or any one president. Any ill feeling on the part of alumni or folks who gave money shouldn’t have any effect.”Sidney R. Knafel ’52, whose $26 million gift endowed the Knafel Building, part of the Center for Government and International Studies center, says that his own level of giving would not be affected by the shake-up.Michael C. Murr ’73, whose donation for an athletic center endowed...
...Hard copies of the letter were mailed to about 320,000 alumni.In response, eager friends of the University have submitted an enormous list of potential candidates—“the size of the Boston phone book,” says the chair of the faculty advisory group, Sidney Verba ’53.For the first round, everyone goes into the hat.“As you would imagine, the names vary tremendously, from names you and I would recognize but wouldn’t think were appropriate, to names we’ve never heard of, to names...
...because the spotlight is on you.”Stoner adds that if accusations of plagiarism, like those brought against Viswanathan earlier this year, had occurred at a lesser-known university, they would not have created the same “national fervor.”Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba also says that the controversy has drawn so much attention because of the “brand name” that Harvard carries. In addition, Verba says that the $500,000 advance given to Viswanathan for her two-book contract added to the media attention.CHEATING IS STILL RAREWhile these...
Political scientist Sidney Verba ’53, the Pforzheimer University professor and the director of the Harvard University Library, will chair the group of faculty members, and Matthew J. Murray, a joint-degree student at the Kennedy School of Government and the Law School, will lead the student committee...